Talking console browsers: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-eff

Talking console browsers: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiven... > A few years ago I was doing policy research in a housing benefits office in London > ...a young woman sits on a hard plastic chair ...Clutched in her hands is a games console – a PlayStation Portable. > ...She’s connected to the complementary WiFi and is browsing the GOV.UK pages on Housing Benefit > The PSP’s web browser is – charitably – pathetic. It is slow, frequently runs out of memory, and can only open 3 tabs at a time. > But the GOV.UK pages are written in simple HTML. They are designed to be lightweight and will work even on rubbish browsers. They have to. This is for everyone.